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		</div><p>New Zealand politicians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of new gun restrictions during the first stage of a bill they hope to rush into law by the end of next week.</p>
<p>The bill would ban the types of weapons a gunman used to kill 50 people at two mosques last month.</p>
<p>The bill was backed by both liberals and conservatives, with only a single politicians from the 120 that sit in Parliament voting against it.</p>
<p>The vote was the first of three that politicians must pass before the bill becomes law.</p>
<p>The country’s police minister Stuart Nash said far too many people have access to dangerous guns and politicians were driven by the need to ensure public safety.</p>
<p><em>“We are also driven by the memory of 50 men, women and children who were taken from their loved ones on the 15th of March,”</em> Mr Nash said.</p>
<p><em>“Their memory is our responsibility.</em></p>
<p><em>“We don’t ever want to see an attack like this in our country again.</em></p>
<p><em>“We are compelled to act quickly.”</em></p>
<p>Seemingly drawing a distinction with the US, where gun possession is constitutionally protected, Mr Nash said that, in New Zealand, gun ownership remains a privilege and not a right.</p>
<p>Conservative politician David Seymour voted against the bill, saying it was too rushed.</p>
<p><em>“Doing it in nine days before politicians go on their Easter break is starting to look more like political theatre than public safety,”</em> he said.</p>
<p>But Mr Seymour was so busy explaining to reporters his reasons for opposing the bill that he missed a procedural vote in which he could have tried to slow its passage.</p>
<p>Many New Zealanders were shocked at the firepower the gunman was able to legally obtain and favour the legislative changes.</p>
<p>Some are opposed.</p>
<p>More than 14,000 have signed a petition filed in Parliament which says the law changes are “unjust” for law-abiding citizens and are being driven by emotions.</p>
<p>The bill would ban “military-style” semi-automatic guns and high-capacity magazines.</p>
<p>It would also ban semi-automatic shotguns that could be fitted with detachable magazines and pump-action shotguns that can hold more than five rounds.</p>
<p>The bill would not ban guns often used by farmers and hunters, including semi-automatic .22-calibre or smaller guns that hold up to 10 rounds, or shotguns that hold up to five rounds.</p>
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